Cleanups/renaming of EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING and friends -------------------- ChangeLog entries follow: -------------------- modules/ChangeLog addition: 2010-02-05 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * postgresql/postgresql.c: * postgresql/postgresql.c (CHECK_LIVE_CONNECTION): * postgresql/postgresql.c (Fpq_connectdb): * postgresql/postgresql.c (Fpq_connect_start): * postgresql/postgresql.c (Fpq_lo_import): * postgresql/postgresql.c (Fpq_lo_export): * ldap/eldap.c (Fldap_open): * ldap/eldap.c (Fldap_search_basic): * ldap/eldap.c (Fldap_add): * ldap/eldap.c (Fldap_modify): * ldap/eldap.c (Fldap_delete): * canna/canna_api.c (Fcanna_initialize): * canna/canna_api.c (Fcanna_store_yomi): * canna/canna_api.c (Fcanna_parse): * canna/canna_api.c (Fcanna_henkan_begin): EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING returns its argument instead of storing it in a parameter, and is renamed to EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT. Similar things happen to related macros. See entry in src/ChangeLog. More Mule-izing of postgresql.c. Extract out common code between `pq-connectdb' and `pq-connect-start'. Fix places that signal an error string using a formatted string to instead follow the standard and have a fixed reason followed by the particular error message stored as one of the frobs. src/ChangeLog addition: 2010-02-05 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * console-msw.c (write_string_to_mswindows_debugging_output): * console-msw.c (Fmswindows_message_box): * console-x.c (x_perhaps_init_unseen_key_defaults): * console.c: * database.c (dbm_get): * database.c (dbm_put): * database.c (dbm_remove): * database.c (berkdb_get): * database.c (berkdb_put): * database.c (berkdb_remove): * database.c (Fopen_database): * device-gtk.c (gtk_init_device): * device-msw.c (msprinter_init_device_internal): * device-msw.c (msprinter_default_printer): * device-msw.c (msprinter_init_device): * device-msw.c (sync_printer_with_devmode): * device-msw.c (Fmsprinter_select_settings): * device-x.c (sanity_check_geometry_resource): * device-x.c (Dynarr_add_validified_lisp_string): * device-x.c (x_init_device): * device-x.c (Fx_put_resource): * device-x.c (Fx_valid_keysym_name_p): * device-x.c (Fx_set_font_path): * dialog-msw.c (push_lisp_string_as_unicode): * dialog-msw.c (handle_directory_dialog_box): * dialog-msw.c (handle_file_dialog_box): * dialog-x.c (dbox_descriptor_to_widget_value): * editfns.c (Fformat_time_string): * editfns.c (Fencode_time): * editfns.c (Fset_time_zone_rule): * emacs.c (make_argc_argv): * emacs.c (Fdump_emacs): * emodules.c (emodules_load): * eval.c: * eval.c (maybe_signal_error_1): * event-msw.c (Fdde_alloc_advise_item): * event-msw.c (mswindows_dde_callback): * event-msw.c (mswindows_wnd_proc): * fileio.c (report_error_with_errno): * fileio.c (Fsysnetunam): * fileio.c (Fdo_auto_save): * font-mgr.c (extract_fcapi_string): * font-mgr.c (Ffc_config_app_font_add_file): * font-mgr.c (Ffc_config_app_font_add_dir): * font-mgr.c (Ffc_config_filename): * frame-gtk.c (gtk_set_frame_text_value): * frame-gtk.c (gtk_create_widgets): * frame-msw.c (mswindows_init_frame_1): * frame-msw.c (mswindows_set_title_from_ibyte): * frame-msw.c (msprinter_init_frame_3): * frame-x.c (x_set_frame_text_value): * frame-x.c (x_set_frame_properties): * frame-x.c (start_drag_internal_1): * frame-x.c (x_cde_transfer_callback): * frame-x.c (x_create_widgets): * glyphs-eimage.c (my_jpeg_output_message): * glyphs-eimage.c (jpeg_instantiate): * glyphs-eimage.c (gif_instantiate): * glyphs-eimage.c (png_instantiate): * glyphs-eimage.c (tiff_instantiate): * glyphs-gtk.c (xbm_instantiate_1): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_xbm_instantiate): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_xpm_instantiate): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_xface_instantiate): * glyphs-gtk.c (cursor_font_instantiate): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_redisplay_widget): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_widget_instantiate_1): * glyphs-gtk.c (gtk_add_tab_item): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_xpm_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (bmp_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_resource_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (xbm_instantiate_1): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_xbm_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_xface_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_redisplay_widget): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_widget_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (add_tree_item): * glyphs-msw.c (add_tab_item): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_combo_box_instantiate): * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_widget_query_string_geometry): * glyphs-x.c (x_locate_pixmap_file): * glyphs-x.c (xbm_instantiate_1): * glyphs-x.c (x_xbm_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (extract_xpm_color_names): * glyphs-x.c (x_xpm_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (x_xface_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (autodetect_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (safe_XLoadFont): * glyphs-x.c (cursor_font_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (x_redisplay_widget): * glyphs-x.c (Fchange_subwindow_property): * glyphs-x.c (x_widget_instantiate): * glyphs-x.c (x_tab_control_redisplay): * glyphs.c (pixmap_to_lisp_data): * gui-x.c (menu_separator_style_and_to_external): * gui-x.c (add_accel_and_to_external): * gui-x.c (button_item_to_widget_value): * hpplay.c (player_error_internal): * hpplay.c (play_sound_file): * hpplay.c (play_sound_data): * intl.c (Fset_current_locale): * lisp.h: * menubar-gtk.c (gtk_xemacs_set_accel_keys): * menubar-msw.c (populate_menu_add_item): * menubar-msw.c (populate_or_checksum_helper): * menubar-x.c (menu_item_descriptor_to_widget_value_1): * nt.c (init_user_info): * nt.c (get_long_basename): * nt.c (nt_get_resource): * nt.c (init_mswindows_environment): * nt.c (get_cached_volume_information): * nt.c (mswindows_readdir): * nt.c (read_unc_volume): * nt.c (mswindows_stat): * nt.c (mswindows_getdcwd): * nt.c (mswindows_executable_type): * nt.c (Fmswindows_short_file_name): * ntplay.c (nt_play_sound_file): * objects-gtk.c: * objects-gtk.c (gtk_valid_color_name_p): * objects-gtk.c (gtk_initialize_font_instance): * objects-gtk.c (gtk_font_list): * objects-msw.c (font_enum_callback_2): * objects-msw.c (parse_font_spec): * objects-x.c (x_parse_nearest_color): * objects-x.c (x_valid_color_name_p): * objects-x.c (x_initialize_font_instance): * objects-x.c (x_font_instance_truename): * objects-x.c (x_font_list): * objects-xlike-inc.c (XFUN): * objects-xlike-inc.c (xft_find_charset_font): * process-nt.c (mswindows_report_winsock_error): * process-nt.c (nt_create_process): * process-nt.c (get_internet_address): * process-nt.c (nt_open_network_stream): * process-unix.c: * process-unix.c (allocate_pty): * process-unix.c (get_internet_address): * process-unix.c (unix_canonicalize_host_name): * process-unix.c (unix_open_network_stream): * realpath.c: * select-common.h (lisp_data_to_selection_data): * select-gtk.c (symbol_to_gtk_atom): * select-gtk.c (atom_to_symbol): * select-msw.c (symbol_to_ms_cf): * select-msw.c (mswindows_register_selection_data_type): * select-x.c (symbol_to_x_atom): * select-x.c (x_atom_to_symbol): * select-x.c (hack_motif_clipboard_selection): * select-x.c (Fx_store_cutbuffer_internal): * sound.c (Fplay_sound_file): * sound.c (Fplay_sound): * sound.h (sound_perror): * sysdep.c: * sysdep.c (qxe_allocating_getcwd): * sysdep.c (qxe_execve): * sysdep.c (copy_in_passwd): * sysdep.c (qxe_getpwnam): * sysdep.c (qxe_ctime): * sysdll.c (dll_open): * sysdll.c (dll_function): * sysdll.c (dll_variable): * sysdll.c (search_linked_libs): * sysdll.c (dll_error): * sysfile.h: * sysfile.h (PATHNAME_CONVERT_OUT_TSTR): * sysfile.h (PATHNAME_CONVERT_OUT_UTF_8): * sysfile.h (PATHNAME_CONVERT_OUT): * sysfile.h (LISP_PATHNAME_CONVERT_OUT): * syswindows.h (ITEXT_TO_TSTR): * syswindows.h (LOCAL_FILE_FORMAT_TO_TSTR): * syswindows.h (TSTR_TO_LOCAL_FILE_FORMAT): * syswindows.h (LOCAL_FILE_FORMAT_TO_INTERNAL_MSWIN): * syswindows.h (LISP_LOCAL_FILE_FORMAT_MAYBE_URL_TO_TSTR): * text.h: * text.h (eicpy_ext_len): * text.h (enum new_dfc_src_type): * text.h (EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT): * text.h (GET_STRERROR): * tooltalk.c (check_status): * tooltalk.c (Fadd_tooltalk_message_arg): * tooltalk.c (Fadd_tooltalk_pattern_attribute): * tooltalk.c (Fadd_tooltalk_pattern_arg): * win32.c (tstr_to_local_file_format): * win32.c (mswindows_lisp_error_1): * win32.c (mswindows_report_process_error): * win32.c (Fmswindows_shell_execute): * win32.c (mswindows_read_link_1): Changes involving external/internal format conversion, mostly code cleanup and renaming. 1. Eliminate the previous macros like LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL that stored its result in a parameter. The new version of LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL returns its result through the return value, same as the previous NEW_LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL. Use the new-style macros throughout the code. 2. Rename C_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL and friends to ITEXT_TO_EXTERNAL, in keeping with overall naming rationalization involving Itext and related types. Macros involved in previous two: EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING -> EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING_MALLOC -> EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT_MALLOC SIZED_EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING -> SIZED_EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT SIZED_EXTERNAL_TO_C_STRING_MALLOC -> SIZED_EXTERNAL_TO_ITEXT_MALLOC C_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL -> ITEXT_TO_EXTERNAL C_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL_MALLOC -> ITEXT_TO_EXTERNAL_MALLOC LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL_MALLOC LISP_STRING_TO_TSTR C_STRING_TO_TSTR -> ITEXT_TO_TSTR TSTR_TO_C_STRING -> TSTR_TO_ITEXT The following four still return their values through parameters, since they have more than one value to return: C_STRING_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL -> ITEXT_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL LISP_STRING_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL C_STRING_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL_MALLOC -> ITEXT_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL_MALLOC LISP_STRING_TO_SIZED_EXTERNAL_MALLOC Sometimes additional casts had to be inserted, since the old macros played strange games and completely defeated the type system of the store params. 3. Rewrite many places where direct calls to TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT occurred with calls to one of the convenience macros listed above, or to make_extstring(). 4. Eliminate SIZED_C_STRING macros (they were hardly used, anyway) and use a direct call to TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT or TO_INTERNAL_FORMAT. 4. Use LISP_PATHNAME_CONVERT_OUT in many places instead of something like LISP_STRING_TO_EXTERNAL(..., Qfile_name). 5. Eliminate some temporary variables that are no longer necessary now that we return a value rather than storing it into a variable. 6. Some Mule-izing in database.c. 7. Error functions: -- A bit of code cleanup in maybe_signal_error_1. -- Eliminate report_file_type_error; it's just an alias for signal_error_2 with params in a different order. -- Fix some places in the hostname-handling code that directly inserted externally-retrieved error strings into the supposed ASCII "reason" param instead of doing the right thing and sticking text descriptive of what was going on in "reason" and putting the external message in a frob. 8. Use Ascbyte instead of CIbyte in process-unix.c and maybe one or two other places. 9. Some code cleanup in copy_in_passwd() in sysdep.c. 10. Fix a real bug due to accidental variable shadowing in tstr_to_local_file_format() in win32.c.

@node Reading Mail, Calendar/Diary, Sending Mail, Top
@chapter Reading Mail
@cindex mail
@cindex message

XEmacs provides several mail-reading packages.  Each one comes with
its own manual, which is included in each package.

The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM.  VM works
with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement
for the older Rmail.

XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the
MH mail-processing system, called @samp{MH-E}.  Unlike in other
mail programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories,
with each message occupying one (numbered) file.  This facilitates
working with mail using shell commands, and many other features of
MH are also designed to integrate well with the shell and with
shell scripts.  Keep in mind, however, that in order to use MH-E
you must have the MH mail-processing system installed on your
computer.

The @dfn{Everything including the kitchen sink} package @samp{Gnus} is
also available as an XEmacs package.  Gnus also handles Usenet articles
as well as mail.

@samp{MEW} (Messaging in the Emacs World) is another mail-reading
package available for XEmacs.

Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package.  Rmail is (currently)
the only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is
powerful in its own right.  However, it stores mail folders in a
special format called @samp{Babyl}, that is incompatible with all
other frequently-used mail programs.  A utility program is provided
for converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however,
unless you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should
consider using Gnus, VM, or MH-E instead.